Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez
suspended the transmission of program of Alo Presidente on Sunday due
to the strong flu he is suffering.

"We all saw the strong
flu-like symptoms that President Chavez is suffering. Tomorrow we will
not broadcast Alo, Presidente ", wrote the night of Saturday the
People's Minister for Communication and Information Andres Izarra,
through their network user on Twitter, AVN reported.

The above translation describes the suspended broadcast of Hugo Chavez
in Venezuela
due to the "strong" flu, which is almost certainly the novel H1N1
circulating in Mexico
and throughout Central
and South America.

As noted above, it has spread to the highest levels of government in
Venezuela, even though media reports describe ample levels of
vaccine. However, the vaccine is directed against
California/07/2009 which is quite distinct from the novel H1N1, which
has acquired A189T and S165N and vaccine
failure has been cited in the United States.